Too old to work?by Podiatrist (no login)Dear disgruntled older podiatrist, Where do you get the idea that housecalls do not pay? I continue to see housecalls weekly and still get paid for each visit. If for instance, you see 10 patients in a 6 hour period, it should translate to about $600 dollars billing at the mid-level home visit rate of $60 dollars. That is a minimum! If you understand billing properly, you should be able to increase that per patient visit fee to over $100 dollars. Don't believe me? look up the reimbursement for debridement of a diabetic ulceration (take the small formalin jar with you for the pathology report, it takes all of 5 seconds to place the specimen in the jar), look up the reimbursement for permanent avulsion of a chronically ingrown nail, or the reimbursement for an injection to a painful bursa. Don't forget your DME's either. They pay. And don't tell me about "illegal" billing. It's all legal and legitimate. Have the courage to bill for what you are entitled to bill and are trained to do. Everyone is always going on about how their reimbursement's are not what they were. well thats true for all medicine unfortunately. but you don't see the dermatologists running scared. They do the biopsies, they bill the visits they follow up and take care of business. Another point, housecalls are a good option for those who can't pay for an office. There is little overhead involved aside from supplies and gas. Now tell me again how seeing 10 patients in your work day for 600-1000 dollars is not gonna help pay the bills. You may have been there and done that, but some of us still have the energy to go out and work for it. from IP address 68.236.172.103 Goto Forum Home |
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